Auto direction signal



Jan. 16, 1923.

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GEORGEJ, BRQZXK OF ORLEANS, NEW YORK.

AUTO DIRECTION SIGNAL.

Application filed November 3, 1921. Serial No. 512,694;

To (ZZZ whom it may concern: an elongated casing which is here illustrated 55 Be it known that l, Gnonon J. BROZYK, a as including a back wall 10 to which are secitizen ott'Servia, residino at Orleans, in the cured longitudinal strips 11 arranged. in county of Ontario and Eitate of New York, spaced relation to define guides, the casing have invented new anduseiul Improvements furthermore including a cover plate or front in Auto Direction Signals, of which the fol- 12 which is formed with spaced alined longi- 60 lowing is aspecification. tudinal slots 13. At its upper and lower lhis invention relates to signalling desides this casing is provided near its ends vices, particularly to direction signals for with reinforcing metal plates Ll and the vehicles, and has for its object the provision ends of the rear wall are providedwith aperot a manually operated signal device detured ears-15 by means oi" which the device signed to be locatedat some convenient point may be secured upon the vehicle, preferably upon an automobile, preferably at the upper upon the dash immediately below the wind portion of the dash, and including signal shield.

15' arms adapted to be projected to extend be- Slidably mounted between the guide strips yond either side of the vehicle whereby to 1.1 are signal members 16 which are similar apprise the drivers of following or apin construction and each of which includes proaching vehicles, as well as pedestrians an elongated shank 17 slidable between the and traffic oilicers, of. any. contemplated guide strips 11 and an enlarged head portion 20 change in the direction of travel of the vehi- 18 which is slidable between the plates 14- cle equipped with the device. and which is inscribed upon its front and An important obiect is the provision of a rear faces with a suitable legend indicating device of this characterprovided with the direction of a turn to be made. The spring means normally holding the signal right hand signal member bears the legend 25 members in inoperative or concealed posi- Right on both laces while the other bears tion, these spring members furthermore op the legend Left on both faces, as clearly crating to return the signal members to norshown in the drawings. Carried by the mal position after they have been projected shanks 16 are laterally extending operating to signalling position and the indicated turn knobs 19 which are slidable along the slots 13 30 has been made. and which may be grasped by the operator,

An additional object is the provision of a whereby the signal members may be selecdevice of this character which will be eX- tively projected to indicating position. tremely simple and inexpensive in manufac- For normally holding the signal members ture, easy to install, highly efficient in use, in concealed or inoperative position, 1' pro- 35 positive in action, durable in service and a vide a single coil spring 20 which is located general improvement in the art. centrally oi. the casing and which has its lVith the above and other objects and adends connected with screw eyes 21, or the vantages in view, the invention consists 1n the like, carried by the confronting ends of the details of construction to be hereinafter the signal men'daers, and it will be apparent to more fully described and claimed, and illu that this spring operates to hold both the trated in the accompanying d awings" in signal members within the casing with the c 7 knobs 1.9 in engagement with the lllilG-lf ends Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device of the slots It will be observed that with the cover plate or front removed. shoulders 22 are formed at the iunctures of 4.5 Figure 2 is a longitudina Sect on e the heads 18 with theshanhs 17 for limitinsj on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. the inward movement of the signal member Figure 3 is a cross sectional view 011 the in addition to the limit provided by the in l'ae 83 of Figure 1. ner ends of the slots and it may be preien Figure 4; is a perspective view of one of able to provide butters 2 at the ends of the 50 the signal members; and guide strips 21 for cushioning the shock Figure 5 is a perspective view of the other when the signal members are returned by the 106 signal member. 7 spring 20 to their inoperative positions.

Referring more particularly to the draw- Assuming that the device has been conings I haveshown my device as comprising structed and assembled. as above described and suitably mounted upon the dash of a vehicle, and the operator desires to turn either to the right or to the left, he grasps the proper operating knob 19 and projects either the right or left legend bearing signal member into operative position beyond the side of the vehicle so as to be easily visible by the drivers of other vehicles, and in fact by all concerned, so that there will be no doubt as to the contemplated change to be made in the direction of travel. When the operator releases the pressure upon the operating knob the spring 20 will return the signal member to initial concealed position.

From the foregoing description and la study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided an extremely simple and consequently inexpensive signal device which is capable of ready attachment upon a convenient location and which may be operated with the utmost ease. Owing to the fact that there is no automatic mechanism and very few parts, it will be apparent that there is practically nothing-to get out of order and that the device should have a long life and efficiently perform all the functions for which it is intended.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, con struction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim:

A device of the character described comprising an elongated casing including aback wall, longitudinal spaced guide strips secured upon the front face thereof, a cover constituting the front secured to said strips and formed with horizontally alined spaced longitudinal slots, said strips terminating short of the ends of the back and cover to provide stop shoulders, reinforcing plates secured upon the upper and lower sides of the casing at the ends thereof to cover the knobs carried by said shanks and slidable through said slots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

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BROZYK.

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' GEORGE J.

Witness:

J OHN J. MCCARTHY. 

